The Fence Post

Vinyl Coating  Questions and Answers

Q: What should you look for when you want to use a wire mesh to build a fence with superior qualities?

A: Vinyl-coated welded or woven wire mesh or fence.

Q: Why are these products superior?

A: Because they share the following four characteristics:

1. Vinyl-coated meshes are more durable.

• The vinyl coating gives extra rust protection, sealing the galvanized wire underneath
• Coated wire will last far longer than wire that is only galvanized

2. Vinyl-coated fences are more attractive.

• Color masks the utilitarian and commercial appearance of plain galvanized mesh
• A vinyl-coated wire fence will dress up your property
• Black color is virtually invisible from a distance and will not detract from your view

3. Vinyl-coated wire is safer.

• Vinyl cushions the wires
  
• Areas that may have sharp edges, like the top and bottom of the fence, are protected and sealed
  
• There is a lower risk of injury from contact with the fence--safer for animals

4. Vinyl-coated fencing is cost effective.

• Using vinyl-coated welded or woven fence reduces the need for frequent replacement
  
• The higher initial cost can be offset by the labor and material cost of more frequent repairs and replacement of galvanized material

Can you think of more reasons why or situations where it would be better to install a vinyl-coated fence instead of a galvanized fence?

Here's a look at the mesh in production: 

Waste Not Technologies/Close the Loop

Here's something different, practical, and timely! Plastic bottles are recycled and made into post and rail fence designed to replace wood sections. Watch the process in this video.

Watch this next video for more information about Waste Not Technologies and its manufacturing process.

Waste Not Technologies and Close the Loop are two companies that are doing their best to do something creative and practical when it comes to the problem of plastic waste in our landfills and oceans. 

Would you be willing to try using these products?

Yeah, Autumn's great (but you-know-what is coming)

Beat the frost? Who wants to think of winter?

Need to finish up certain projects before the cold weather and snow mess up your plans and frost makes digging holes for fencing a lot more difficult? The cool and pleasant fall days ahead make the work easier and more pleasant to face when you would rather be doing other things. But you need to finish certain tasks before the colder weather arrives. Here are some questions to think over:

Has the yard fence been completed?

Is the dog enclosure secure?

How safe is the play area for the children?

Do you need to protect your trees, shrubs, and other plantings from hungry deer?

Has the pool fence had a safety inspection? Is the gate self-closing? Can the fence be climbed?

Is a snow fence required to protect your property from wind-drifted snow?

Many possibilities and choices are readily available for any of these types of projects and any others you may have in mind.

Consider using vinyl coated wire for longer life and a more attractive appearance. Black vinyl-coated wire blends into the background. It tends to "disappear" and not be as noticeable as other types of fencing.

Make your work plans and purchase your posts and fence. Louis Page has experts ready to advise you, just give us a call. Beat the frost and colder weather. (866) 328 5018

Strength and Stability

Q: How can you tie down and secure your property from wind and storm damage?

A: Use Duckbill Earth Anchors!

Holding Power that Amazes

• Three sizes provide holding power from 300 to 5,000 pounds
• Once installed, anchors pull against undisturbed soil
• Anchors feature pre-attached high strength galvanized aircraft cable 

Quick Set-up

• Easy to drive into the ground
• No digging or trenching required
• Save on labor during installation

Very Safe

• Looped cable end above ground will not injure animals or people or damage equipment
• Anchors have no stakes, pipes or stems above ground level
• Drive rod is removed once anchor is in place

Streamlined

• Drive into ground with reusable drive rod
• Remove drive rod
• Pull on looped end of cable until anchor pivots into lock position

Four Sizes

• 40-DB1  -  20", 1/16" cable, 300 pound capacity  -  use drive rod DS-40
• 68-DB1  -  2½', 1/8" cable, 1,100 pound capacity  -  use drive rod DS-68
• 88-DB1  -  3½', 1/4" cable, 3,000 pound capacity  -  use drive rod DS-88
• 138-DB1  -  5', 5/16" cable, 5,000 pound capacity  -  use power driver

Secure:

• towers, sheds and other structures
• scaffolding
• airplanes
• mobile homes
• trees, shrubs and vineyards
• turf
• free-standing benches
• anything that might blow away                                                                                                                                                          

And of course Duckbill Earth Anchors make an excellent theft deterrent.

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Protecting Our Web-footed Friends

Roadkill

• In the Sandbar Wildlife Management Area on the northeast shore of Lake Champlain in Vermont, a frog fence is used to reduce roadkill of leopard frogs along a state highway
• In the Klamath Basin in Oregon, a frog fence is used to protect Oregon spotted frogs from being decimated by the heavy tread of grazing cattle
• In the backyards of America, frog fences are used to keep frogs out of swimming pools

Barriers

 - In Vermont, rolls of silt fence are put up along both sides of the highway for three months. Openings were left at 100-foot intervals in the 1,000 foot-long fence

 - In Oregon, a three-and-a-half-mile-long fence was erected as a cattle barrier

Around swimming pools, a wire fence made with 1/8" hardware cloth or a small mesh plastic fence high enough to prevent frogs from jumping over is effective.

Here's how one family attacked their toad problem (complete with musical accompaniment):

Have you ever seen a frog fence?

          Have you ever built a frog fence that was effective?  Care to share any tips?

                       Should state or federal money be allocated for frog fences?